small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread firm...@gmail.com
What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:10 PM, firm...@gmail.com firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) I had some pretty good experiences with older Soekris models (net-4801) acting as fanless routers

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread Peter Boosten
Op 8 mei 2013 om 16:24 heeft C. P. Ghost cpgh...@cordula.ws het volgende geschreven: On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:10 PM, firm...@gmail.com firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) I had some

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread Arthur Chance
On 05/08/13 15:10, firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) I use an alix2d3 running embedded pfSense as a 3 NIC (WAN, LAN, DMZ) router. If you only need 2 NICs go for the alix2d2. You can also

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread Arthur Chance
On 05/08/13 15:48, Arthur Chance wrote: On 05/08/13 15:10, firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) I use an alix2d3 running embedded pfSense as a 3 NIC (WAN, LAN, DMZ) router. If you only need

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread Zyumbilev, Peter
with load but if do not plan such high speeds it work like charm..Kind of expensive though... Peter On 08/05/2013 17:10, firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's

Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?

2013-05-08 Thread dweimer
On 05/08/2013 9:10 am, firm...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread Michael Powell
Alejandro Imass wrote: [snip] Most consider the answer to use WPA2, which I do use too. Many think it is 'virtually' unbreakable, but this really is not true; it just takes longer. I've done WPA2 keys in as little as 2-3 hours before. Are you saying that any WPA2 key can be cracked or or you

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread Michael Powell
Arthur Chance wrote: [snip] What I was pondering is some form of L2TP tunnel, or some other form of IPSEC tunnel to form some kind of VPN like communication between the client and the wifi. Just never have begun to find the time to get anywhere with the idea. But basically it would resemble a

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread Michael Powell
Michael Powell wrote: [snip] Are you saying that any WPA2 key can be cracked or or you simply referring to weak keys? I would also like to specifically if it's for weak keys or are all WPA2 personal keys crackable by brute force. Also is WPA2 Enterprise as weak also. Could anyone expand

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread Alejandro Imass
PSKs, of course with enough computing power virtually anything is crackable by brute force. What I don't get is that I thought that mac address filtering at the wireless level meant that the router would not negotiate with a mac no listed in it's table. I haven't used Kismet but you are saying

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread RW
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:16:32 -0400 Michael Powell wrote: Alejandro Imass wrote: [snip] Most consider the answer to use WPA2, which I do use too. Many think it is 'virtually' unbreakable, but this really is not true; it just takes longer. I've done WPA2 keys in as little as 2-3 hours

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-24 Thread Charles Swiger
Hi-- On Apr 24, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: This is along the lines of what I was thinking. I am my own CA and can generate certs that no one else has the private keys to. So can someone who does not run their own CA...? The problem with buying certs from

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-23 Thread Arthur Chance
is already getting a trifle long, so suffice to say if you really need the best security on a home ISP router the best you can do is turn off the radio and use Ethernet and UTP. This returns to the original focus of your question in that the firewall would be the point of contention and not the cracking

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-23 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:04 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:25:30 -0400 Michael Powell wrote: Most consider the answer to use WPA2, which I do use too. Many think it is 'virtually' unbreakable, but this really is not true; it just takes longer. I've done

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Alejandro Imass wrote: Hi, I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall Not sure what you mean by 'cracked' here. If you

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Michael Powell
Alejandro Imass wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Alejandro Imass wrote: Hi, I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall Not sure what you mean

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Alejandro Imass wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Alejandro Imass wrote: Hi, [...] Really these WEP/WPA2 protocols are not providing the level of protection

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Michael Powell
up with something more resembling something like we have at work. It probably wouldn't be as involved, but I do think (FreeBSD as a very _capable_ and flexible OS) something could be designed that would inherently be somewhat more secure than what I see in the basic ISP home router. I have

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Alejandro Imass
need the best security on a home ISP router the best you can do is turn off the radio and use Ethernet and UTP. This returns to the original focus of your question in that the firewall would be the point of contention and not the cracking of WEP/WPA2 auth keys. What I was wanting to point out

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread Michael Powell
suffice to say if you really need the best security on a home ISP router the best you can do is turn off the radio and use Ethernet and UTP. This returns to the original focus of your question in that the firewall would be the point of contention and not the cracking of WEP/WPA2 auth keys. What I

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-22 Thread RW
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:25:30 -0400 Michael Powell wrote: Most consider the answer to use WPA2, which I do use too. Many think it is 'virtually' unbreakable, but this really is not true; it just takes longer. I've done WPA2 keys in as little as 2-3 hours before. Are you saying that any WPA2

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-21 Thread Eric S Pulley
Hi, I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall I would like something that is plug and play and easy to use in the $300 rage tops that has the WiFi router integrated. It seems only Hacom offers

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-21 Thread Michael Powell
Alejandro Imass wrote: Hi, I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall Not sure what you mean by 'cracked' here. If you are meaning that someone is using aircrack-ng to break your Wifi authentication

Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-20 Thread Alejandro Imass
Hi, I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall I would like something that is plug and play and easy to use in the $300 rage tops that has the WiFi router integrated. It seems only Hacom offers this. Can

Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall?

2013-04-20 Thread James
Hi Alejandro. I can't speak about Hacom, but I've had excellent results with Soekris hardware. It'll run all sorts of FreeBSD-based systems. They have kit suitable for both wired and wireless networks. -- James. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

router

2012-07-07 Thread ajtiM
Hi! I have a printer connected through router which works. But the last two days I found three printed papers: two are empty and on the one is: GET http://www.rackspace.com/ HTTP/1.1 Host: www.rackspace.com User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible, MSIE 6.0: Windows NT 5.1) Axxept: */* Accept

Re: Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 07/06/2012 23:36, Bruce Cran wrote: I'm trying to set up a IPv6 router (running -current) on my home network. My ISP gives me a /128 via PPP and I have a /48 allocation, which I use to give em0 and tun0 public addresses in different subnets (tun0 is assigned the address via ppp.linkup

Re: Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-08 Thread Brandon Weisz
Make sure you are only advertising a /64 addr prefixlen in rtadvd.conf, and not the entire /48. On 6/7/2012 4:36 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: I'm trying to set up a IPv6 router (running -current) on my home network. My ISP gives me a /128 via PPP and I have a /48 allocation, which I use to give em0

Re: Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On 07/06/2012 23:56, Robert Bonomi wrote: Please provide the output from these two commands: ifconfig -a netstat -nr on both the router and on an 'inside' machine. (identifying which is which:) There is also a question of 'where' the /48 comes from -- and how traffic to those addresses

Re: Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On 08/06/2012 06:59, Matthew Seaman wrote: Probably. The good news is that once you've got it running the IPv6 support in FreeBSD is rock solid and works like a charm. It turns out that PF was being too helpful and trying to NAT for both IPv4 and IPv6 - adding 'inet' to the nat on

Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-07 Thread Bruce Cran
I'm trying to set up a IPv6 router (running -current) on my home network. My ISP gives me a /128 via PPP and I have a /48 allocation, which I use to give em0 and tun0 public addresses in different subnets (tun0 is assigned the address via ppp.linkup). I've added all the IPv6 settings to rc.conf

Re: Configuration problem with IPv6 router (cannot forward src)

2012-06-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
From: Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk I'm trying to set up a IPv6 router (running -current) on my home network. My ISP gives me a /128 via PPP and I have a /48 allocation, which I use to give em0 and tun0 public addresses in different subnets (tun0 is assigned the address via ppp.linkup

2Wire Router and Host Discovery

2012-02-01 Thread Chris Maness
I have a twire modem/router that has 5 static IPs assigned to it. It configures the firewall settings by discovering the hosts (by means unknown to me) and allowing you to go into the firmware menu and setting each host individually. Once the hosts are recognized it sends arp requests every few

Re: printer - broadband router

2011-07-20 Thread Franci Nabalanci
router D-604 (dlink), cable Internet and my computer with FreeBSD and the other one with Windows are connected to the router. I got HP bussiness inkjet 5000 which was connected to the network (my work). And the last one: I never had printer on my computer with FreeBSD and looks like is not so

Re: printer - broadband router

2011-07-20 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Franci Nabalanci wrote: I am so sorry it was my mistake: the printer is HP Business inkjet 3000. That printer supports PCL and maybe even PostScript. Make sure it has DNS. Entries in /etc/hosts should be adequate. Set it with a fixed IP address or through DHCP. The

Re: printer - broadband router

2011-07-20 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:55:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Franci Nabalanci wrote: I am so sorry it was my mistake: the printer is HP Business inkjet 3000. That printer supports PCL and maybe even PostScript. Make sure it has DNS. Entries in /etc/hosts should be

Re: printer - broadband router

2011-07-20 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:55:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Franci Nabalanci wrote: I am so sorry it was my mistake: the printer is HP Business inkjet 3000. That printer supports PCL and maybe even PostScript. Make sure it has

printer - broadband router

2011-07-19 Thread ajtiM
Hi! My system: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1 #0m I use KDE 4.6.5 CUPS and HPLIP are installed. I have an old broadband router D-604 (dlink), cable Internet and my computer with FreeBSD and the other one with Windows are connected to the router. I got HP bussiness inkjet 5000 which was connected

Re: printer - broadband router

2011-07-19 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, ajtiM wrote: My system: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1 #0m I use KDE 4.6.5 CUPS and HPLIP are installed. I have an old broadband router D-604 (dlink), cable Internet and my computer with FreeBSD and the other one with Windows are connected to the router. I got HP bussiness inkjet

Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

2011-07-02 Thread Chris Brennan
. Taking Alix(or any x86 compatible board) and having i386 buildhost environment you may install packages from ports to your prepared image. For router you may use ARM or MIPS boards too but they need to be crossbuilt and may need more work to setup them and of course their prices may

Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

2011-07-02 Thread Chris Brennan
be better. Many will also sell them pre-loaded with m0n0wall or pfsense, both of which are FreeBSD-based router/firewall distros with web interfaces to do most things you would want. (Although I know pfsense at least doesn't support IPv6 configuration through the web interface yet

Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

2011-06-30 Thread Maciej Milewski
Hi Chris, On Friday 01 of July 2011 00:34:52 Chris Brennan wrote: Greetings! While trying to learn IPv6 as best as I can and messing with my Linksys WRT54Gv3 router running DD-WRT, I realized that it cannot properly do IPv6 yet. This leaves me rather limited. More then once some people

Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

2011-06-30 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of June 30, 2011 6:34:52 PM -0400, Chris Brennan is alleged to have said: While trying to learn IPv6 as best as I can and messing with my Linksys WRT54Gv3 router running DD-WRT, I realized that it cannot properly do IPv6 yet. This leaves me rather limited. More then once some people

RE: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Graeme Dargie
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: 27 May 2011 02:16 To: Gary Gatten; Chuck Swiger Cc: 'questi...@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router? On Thu, 26 May 2011, Gary

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 26, 2011 7:46:10 PM -0400, Chris Hill is alleged to have said: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? This box will be running isc-dhcpd, doing NAT either via natd or pf, and

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Jaime Kikpole
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org wrote: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? FWIW, I can tell you some experiences that I've had. Example #1: At one

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Hill
On Fri, 27 May 2011, Jaime Kikpole wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org wrote: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? FWIW, I can tell you some

RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Hill
Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? This box will be running isc-dhcpd, doing NAT either via natd or pf, and not much else. I expect the amount of traffic (throughput)

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
On May 26, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Chris Hill wrote: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? How many DHCP leases and NAT clients? ISC's DHCPd typically runs a few tens of MB unless you have

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Gary Gatten
? Tweaked/minimal kernel, etc. - Original Message - From: Chris Hill [mailto:ch...@monochrome.org] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 06:46 PM To: FreeBSD Questions List questi...@freebsd.org Subject: RAM needed for DHCP + router? Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Hill
Message - From: Chris Hill [mailto:ch...@monochrome.org] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 06:46 PM To: FreeBSD Questions List questi...@freebsd.org Subject: RAM needed for DHCP + router? Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I

Re: Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD

2011-05-06 Thread Bill Tillman
Tillman btillma...@yahoo.com To: Leonardo M. Ramé martinr...@yahoo.com; questi...@freebsd.org Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 6:53:56 AM Subject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD From: Leonardo M. Ramé martinr...@yahoo.com To: questi...@freebsd.org Sent: Thu

Re: Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD

2011-05-06 Thread Bill Tillman
From: Leonardo M. Ramé martinr...@yahoo.com To: questi...@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 3:44:36 PM Subject: Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD The short answer is a definite yes, but you will need two NIC's in the FreeBSD server. I have a FreeBSD

Re: Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD

2011-05-06 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 6 May 2011 04:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Bill Tillman btillma...@yahoo.com articulated: Please excuse me. I typed my reply below all the existing text but somehow it ended up being formatted into the middle of this one. Can someone give me the tip for insuring I don't top post and that my

Home firewall with DLink router FreeBSD

2011-05-05 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
Hi, at home I have a DLink Dir 300 router to provide internet access for my home network. The network is composed by two Windows PCs, one Linux laptop and one FreeBSD server we use mainly for storage and as web/database server. I must add, the server only have one network card. I would like

Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD

2011-05-05 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
Hi, at home I have a DLink Dir 300 router to provide internet access for my home network. The network is composed by two Windows PCs, one Linux laptop and one FreeBSD server we use mainly for storage and as web/database server. I must add, the server only have one network card. I would like

Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD

2011-05-05 Thread Jon Radel
On 5/5/11 8:37 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: Hi, at home I have a DLink Dir 300 router to provide internet access for my home network. The network is composed by two Windows PCs, one Linux laptop and one FreeBSD server we use mainly for storage and as web/database server. I must add

Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD

2011-05-05 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 5, 2011 5:37:52 PM -0700, Leonardo M. Ramé is alleged to have said: Hi, at home I have a DLink Dir 300 router to provide internet access for my home network. The network is composed by two Windows PCs, one Linux laptop and one FreeBSD server we use mainly for storage and as web

Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD

2011-05-05 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
--- On Thu, 5/5/11, Jon Radel j...@radel.com wrote: From: Jon Radel j...@radel.com Subject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 9:50 PM On 5/5/11 8:37 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: Hi, at home I have a DLink Dir

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-09 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of April 8, 2011 3:50:52 PM -0600, Chad Perrin is alleged to have said: You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who isn't on the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list. That would be why people who aren't members of the list say thinks like please CC me, while

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-09 Thread Lowell Gilbert
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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Carmel
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Odhiambo Washington
The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt does not please you. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Arthur Chance
On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed up, so when replying there's no way of

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Carmel
needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Carmel
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org articulated: On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing lists. Most lists are open

Re: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Maciej Milewski
in detail or explain them to me yourself. I did not know I needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Jon Radel
On 4/8/11 11:21 AM, Carmel wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 Arthur Chancefree...@qeng-ho.org articulated: On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Odhiambo Washington
router with dd-wrt and compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt does not please you. That seems like a lot of work for a potential zero gain. I really don't see any purpose is taking the time and a perfectly good router out of commission to just experiment. Based

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread kcrhyst
@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jon Radel j...@radel.com wrote: That's the nice thing about standards, there are so many of them to choose from. 2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple copies

Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Arthur Chance
On 04/08/11 16:21, Carmel wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 Arthur Chancefree...@qeng-ho.org articulated: On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Bryan H.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Bryan H. wrote: If you're just looking for a new router, I would highly recommend the Linksys WRT160NL.  I got mine refurbished from Cisco's store[1], and flashed it with dd-wrt[2] (which

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Chuck Swiger
fills your needs, then there's no reason you would *have* to flash with a third-party firmware. Although, flashing that particular model was, in my experience, about as obtrusive as it would have been flashing the router with an updated firmware from the manufacturer. Very easy to do. Agreed. I

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-08 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Yes, although a new E2100L is much than $20 more than the refurb'ed 160NL. Hmm, substitute: isn't much than $20 more... -C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chris Rees
On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I,

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Chad Perrin on Friday, 08 April 2011: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 08:30:25PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see anyone complain of not

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: +1 (I replied, cluttering up inboxes all over freebsdland) You didn't CC me directly, though, for which I'm grateful. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpnTlZSkroSX.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Carmel
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:11:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions.

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chris Rees
On 8 April 2011 20:28, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 08:30:25PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often.  I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 8 April 2011 16:10, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: By the way, did you notice I directed a polite, one sentence directive towards Odhiambo. Suddenly, every buttinsky crawls out of the woodwork, sans any factual input on my original post and hijacks this thread Maybe you would be better

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise,

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:15:11 +0200 Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se wrote: You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies directed only to the list. It is for their benefit that that rule exists. I don't

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Carmel
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Alexander Lardner
Can we just drop this matter? It's bad enough that iPhone mail makes this whole ordeal a pain in the butt to read, but in the grand scheme of things, it _just doesn't matter_. I'm subscribed to the list, I expect lots of email from the list that I probably won't read anyway, but at least it's

Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

2011-04-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 09 April 2011 05:46:43 Carmel wrote: On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: The solution to this problem is so obvious that I am amazed that no one this is a solution which creates just new problems. has proposed it. Simply require

Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Carmel
I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Carmel wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Carmel
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Odhiambo Washington
with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn ? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Bryan H.
wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Bryan H. wrote: If you're just looking for a new router, I would highly recommend the Linksys WRT160NL. I got mine refurbished from Cisco's store[1], and flashed it with dd-wrt[2] (which was incredibly easy, just search for the router in dd-wrt's router database

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Carmel
...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Odhiambo Washington
: On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http

Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

2011-04-07 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: What do you gain by flashing it? I did not see anything specific mentioned. This would also undoubtedly void any guarantee on the unit I presume. Technically yes. However, I have had a failed dd-wrt replaced under warranty.

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